Plum Wine: A NovelTerrace Books, 01/04/2006 - 332 páginas Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching in Tokyo in the 1960s, is set on a life-changing quest when her Japanese surrogate mother, Michi, dies, leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper. Within the papers Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that comprise a startling personal narrative. With the help of her translator, Seiji Okada, Barbara begins to unravel the mysteries of Michi's life, a story that begins in the early twentieth century and continues through World War II and its aftermath. |
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... leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper . Within the papers Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that comprise a startling personal narrative . With the help of her translator , Seiji Okada ...
... t wait for them to leave . Miss Fujizawa turned to her . " We are sorry , Miss Jefferson . We were under the impression that the chest contained pottery , or some such . Professor Nakamoto would not have meant to trouble # 5 #
... leave you to your rest . " They turned and filed down the hall past the kitchen and Western - style parlor , Miss Fujizawa pausing at each room to take in its condition . The door closed . Barbara listened to the footsteps going down ...
... leaving her the chest . She looked at the note again . There was a date : 1.1.1966 . New Year's Day , just a few ... leaves and served with carrots cut in the shape of turtles " for good luck and longevity . " Had she said for your good ...
... leaving her child . " Barbara took down the scroll and pulled out the nail ; using her thick Japanese tourist guide as a hammer , she hung the fox woman in the bedroom beside the window . It was still not quite dark , early for bed ...